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Margaret Drabble

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Margaret Drabble.

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 6 May 1968 12:25
Home Service

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Music Played

  • The Beatles

    With A Little Help From My Friends

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion - Give, O give me back my Lord

    Soloist: William Parsons Orchestra: Jacques Orchestra

  • Lotte Lenya

    Seer盲uber Jenny

  • Billie Holiday

    Gloomy Sunday

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Love Duet (from L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Soloist: Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: John Pritchard

  • John Dowland

    Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

    Soloist: Richard Lewis, Jacqueline Bonneau

  • Robert Rounseville

    It Must Be So from Candide

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major

      Orchestra: Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin

  • Book Choice

    • A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Margaret Drabble

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 May 1968 12:25
    Home Service

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